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Olney-1

Occurrence in Young county in Texas, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022144
MRDS ID DE01975
Record type Site
Current site name Olney-1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.81813, 33.33097 (WGS84)
Elevation 387
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position GO ABOUT 4.2 MI SW OF THE MAIN INTERSECTION S. OF OLNEY ON TEXAS HWY. 79, TO SMALL HILL N. OF ROAD ABOUT 600 FT. TAKE LOCAL ROAD N. TO HILL. POSSIBLY, THIS WAS A PLACE THAT COPPER WAS FOUND BY BUCKLEY (1861, 1874). THIS WOULD BE A LIMESTONE IN THE SEDWICK FORMATION, OR MIDDLE ARCHER CITY FORMATION. BURR (1833, MAP) SHOWS A COPPER MINE NEAR HERE. EDWARD (1836, MAP) SHOWS THE SAME COPPER MINE, BETWEEN THE W. FORK OF THE TRINITY AND THE BRAZOS RIVER., Acc To 200 Ft +?

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Young(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Olney(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Graham(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wichita Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Brazos-Millers(hydrologic unit)

Middle Brazos-Clear Fork(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Brazos(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Young

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
195 Texas

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION IN TEXAN EMIGRATION AND LAND CO. SURVEY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Limestone Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Nocona Formation
    Rock description Nocona Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Nocona Formation (Sedwick Member)
    Rock description Nocona Formation (Sedwick Member)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.81813, 33.33097
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle Dip To Nw Of 30 Ft/Mi Or Less, Off Bend Arch

Ore body information

  • Name UNNAMED
    General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW 30 FT/MI OR LESS

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody is in an outcrop

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY BY ROMER (1974), HENTZ AND BROWN (1987), HENTZ (1988), AND PLUMMER AND FUQUA (1930).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1834
Discoverer Buckley, S.B.

Mining district

District name Olney

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • EXACT LOCATION NOT GIVEN. POSSIBLY, THE COPPER WAS SEEN 3 MI FARTHER SE, IN BADLANDS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings OUTCROP
    Area 0.405HA

Comments on development

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EDWARD, D.B., 1836, HISTORY OF TEXAS, CINCINNATI, 336 P., MAP.

  • Deposit

    BUCKLEY, S.B., 1866, PRELIMINARY REPORT GEOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SURVEY, TEXAS: AUSTIN, 85 P. (P. 24-25).

  • Deposit

    PLUMMER, F.B., AND FUQUA, H.B., 1930, GEOLOGIC MAP OF YOUNG COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:48,000.

  • Deposit

    ROMER, A.S., 1974, BREVIORA, HARVARD MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, NO. 427, 31 P., MAP.

  • Deposit

    HENTZ, T.F., AND BROWN, L.F., JR., COMPILERS, 1987, IN BARNES, V.E., GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS - WICHITA FALLS-LAWTON SHEET: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    HENTZ, T.F., 1988, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 170, 55 P. (ARCHER CITY FORMATION).

  • Deposit

    BURR, D.H., 1833, TEXAS: NEW YORK, J.H. COLTON AND COMPANY (17X21 IN.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION UNKNOWN. GIVEN AS N. YOUNG COUNTY, ALONG TRAIL FROM FT. BELKNAP TO ARCHER COUNTY.
Deposit BUCKLEY (1874, P. 10, 39, 42) MENTIONS THAT LOOSE MASSES OF COPPER ORE WERE WASHED FROM THE RED CLAY IN NORTHERN YOUNG COUNTY. ON P. 39, HE MENTIONED THAT STRATA WITH FOSSILS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COPPER. THIS PROBABLY WAS THE SEDWICK FORMATION (LIMESTONES). NO EXACT LOCALITY IS GIVEN. ON P. 10, HE MENTIONED THAT HE TRAVELED THROUGH YOUNG COUNTY IN MARCH 1861, FROM FT. BELKNAP TO ARCHER COUNTY TO CLAY COUNTY. BUCKLEY (1866, P. 24-25) MADE GENERAL REFERENCE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-93 Fay, Robert O. Oklahoma Geological Survey

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